Apparatus for dispensing ice-cream or other material in paper cartons



R. FERRIS.

APPARATUS FOR DISPENSING ICE CREAM OR OTHER MATERIAL IN PAPER CARTONS.

I APPLICATION FILED APR. 8,1920.

1,354,246. PatentedSept. 28,1920.

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R. FERRIS.

APPARATUS FOR DISPENSING ICE CREAM OR OTHER MATERIAL IN PAPER CARTONS.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 8, I920.

1,354,246, PatentedSept. 28,1920.

2 SHEETSSHEET 2- v UNITEDUSTATES;PATENT OFFICE.

- ROBERT FERRIS, OF YANKTON', SOUTH DAKOTA.

APPARATUS FOR DISPENSING ICE-CREAM OR OTHER MATERIAL III PAPER CARTONS.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept, 28, 192() Application filed April 8, 1920. Serial No. 372,177.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ROBERT FERRIs, a citi- Dispensing Ice-Cream or other Material in Paper Cartons; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will en-' able others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has for its object to providean improved apparatus for dispensing ice cream or other material in paper car-v tons formed at the time needed for use; and, to this end, my invention consists of the novel devices and combinations of devices hereinafter'described and pointed out in the claims. I

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like notations refer to like parts throughout the several views.

of paper of size suitable for the desired carton and the former-in its initial posi-- 'tion thereon with 'a portion thereof broken" away and portions shown in section;

Fi 2 is a vertical sectional view showing the Former and the carton as these parts would appear when the carton has been formed on the former;

, Fig. 3 is a view in vertical section showing the sectional holder with the carton therein as it would appear when the former has been withdrawn from the carton, leaving the carton in the holder in position for filling; and

Figs. 4, 5 and 6 are side elevations, with some portions brokenaway and some portions in section, showing the sections of the former separated from each other.

The paper employed for the cartons may be of any suitable kind, but is. preferably parchment paper or paraflin paper and is cut into sheets 7 ,of the-proper size for the carton desired. The numeral 8, as used in Figs. 1 and 2, represents a cup-like former diameter than its open top end or mouth, as best shown in Fig. 2; and which cup-like former has a central hole 8 in its bottom to admit air and prevent a vacuum, when the former is withdrawn from the carton in the holder, as will presently be noted.

This'former 8 is applied to the sheet of paper 7, with its open upper end flush with one margin of the sheet and the sheet of paper is then rolled up onto the former by rolling the former and the paper together, and the lowerprojecting end portions of the paper'are then folded together over the end of the former, and, if desired, may be pasted or otherwise secured together at that point, thereby forming the carton? on the former 8, as shown in Fig. 2.

The numeral 9 represents an open ended split cylinder made out of suitable resilient material, such as tin, galvanized iron or other metal, and which is, therefore, contractible and expansible. The edges of the split cylinder may abut or overlap," with or without a lip, when the cylinder is in its Contracted position.

This cylinder 9 is of the proper diameter to receive the former 8 with the carton 7 thereon. 'The numeral 10 represents a cuplike base section with which said cylindrical or body section 9 is adapted to telescope at its lower end. The numeral 11 represents thetop section of ring-like or open ended cylindrical form, adapted to telescope over the upper end of the body section 9 and cooperate-with saidcup-like base section 10, to hold said body section 9 in its contracted position.

When the said three parts 9, 10 and 11 are thus telescoped together, they constitute a suitable holder into which the carton 7 holder, as shown in Fig. 3. To'insure this Iprojecting end of thecarton, the holder,

made up of the telescoping sections 9, l0 and 11, is of less length than the former 8 and the carton 7 formed thereon from the sheet 7, as shown in Fig. 2, as compared with Fig. 3 of the drawing. of nearlycylindrical but slightly tapering form, or with its lower end of little less When said former 8, with its carton 7* 9, 10 and 11, they will fill the holder and make up a comparatively' tight joint between'the holder and the former with the carton pinched between the two. The

former 8 being of tapered form inserted- I admitted through the hole 8 of its bottom into the space between the former and the carton, and thus prevent the forming of a aartial vacuum which would otherwise ooour and interfere with the withdrawal of the former from the carton; and, because there is no air passage in the closed lower end of the carton, the atmospheric pressure plus the friction between the carton and the holder will prevent the carton from being drawn outward with the former.

\Vhen the carton is thus left in the holder, as shown in Fig. 3, its lower end will ,be resting on the inner'surface of the bottom of the cup-like bottom section 10 of. the holder and its upper end will be open, ready to receive the ice cream or-other material, and, when the carton is filled, the projecting upper end portions thereofmay be folded inward over the top of the body of ice cream, as shown by dotted lines in Fig, 3,

and be then pasted fast with a gummed label, or be otherwise secured, if sodesired.

Then, by removing the end sections 10 and 11 from the body section 9 of the holder, the

latter will be thereby released from its contracted position and will automatically expand, and thereby drop off from the filled carton, leaving the latter ready for delivery.-

It must be obvious that this apparatus enables an extremely cheap form of carton to be made and used, for holding the ice cream or other material, from almost any kind of available common wrapping paper, although parchment or parafiin paper is to be preferred. It will be understood, however, that the holder,.herein illustrated and described, would .be serviceable, even if the cartons had been prepared in advance out of, self-sustaining material and placed into the holder by hand, instead of with the usage of the former 8..

It will also be understood that the cup-like base section 10 might be sufiicient to hold the longitudinally spllt body section 9 in its contracted position, without the cooperation of the top section 11; but it is desirable also to employ the topsection 11 to avoid breakthe former and the holder should be of sym- ,metricaL form, so that the former and the the base of which its lower ends are adapted.

to be folded to produce acarton of cup-like shape, and a carton holder comprising an expansible and contractible approximately cylindrical shell, and a, non-expansible shell container which, when applied around said shell, limits the expansion of said shell to such size that its interior is of but slightly greater'diameter than the exterior of said former.

2. An apparatus for dispensing ice cream or other materials in papercartons formed at the time needed for use, and which apparatus comprises a cup-shaped former on which the paper may be rolled and against the base of which its lower ends are adapted to be folded to produce a carton of cup-likev shape, a carton holder comprising an expansible and contractible approximately cylindrical shell, and a non-expansible cup and collar, which cup and collar, when applied around said cylinder, limit the expansion of the same to such size that its interior is of .but slightly greater diameter than the exterior of said former.

3. An apparatus for dispensing ice cream or other material in paper cartons formed at the time needed for use, and which apparatus comprises a cup-like former on which the paper is rolled and against the base of which its lower ends are folded together to get thereon-a carton of cup-like shape, and a contractible and expansible carton holder, 7

into which the carton is placed by putting and then removing the former from the holder, and which holder is adapted, when while being filled, and adapted, when" released, to expand automatically and drop away from the filled .carton,'substantially as described 4. apparatus. for dispensing'ice cream or other material in paper cartons formed at' the time needed for use, andwhich apparatus comprises a cup-like former, with a perforated base, on which former'the paper is rolled and against the base of which its .lower ends are folded together to get thereon said former therein with the carton thereon a carton of cup-like shape, and a contractible and expansible carton holder, into which the carton is placed by putting said former 115 I in its contracted position, to hold the carton V therein with the carton thereon, and then removing the former from the holder, the perforation in the base of the former serving to admit air and prevent a partial Vacuum between the former and the carton, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

5. An apparatus for dispensing ice cream or other material in paper cartons formed at the time needed for use, and which apparatus comprises a cup-like approximately cylindrical former, with a perforated-base, on which the paper is rolled and against the base of which its lower ends are folded together to get thereon a carton of cup-like shape, and

a holder, of less length than saidformer, composed of three telescoping cylindrical sections, the central or body member of which is made of resilient material and is longitudinally split so as to be contractible and expansible, the base member of which is of cup-likeform and telescopes with the lowerend of the body section and the upper section of which is of open ring-like form and telescopes with the uppersection of said body section for cooperation, substantially as described and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

ROBERT FERRIS. 

